Bible Commentaries

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 11

Verse 1

To the chief Musician.See App-64.

Title. A Psalm. See App-65.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

put I my trust = I have fled for refuge. Hebrew. hasah. See App-69.

my soul = me (for emphasis). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

as. The Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read this "as" (or "like") in the text.


Verse 2

the wicked = the lawless ones. Hebrew. rasha. ".

privily = in the darkness.

the upright = upright ones.


Verse 3

the foundations: hashshathoth = settled order of truth or institutions; not the roof or walls.

the = a.

do. Not say or think, but lawfully and effectually "do".


Verse 4

eyes . . . eyelids. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.

children = sons.

men. Hebrew. "adam. App-14.


Verse 5

the righteous = a righteous one.

His soul = He (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.


Verse 6

tempest = blast. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.


Verse 7

His countenance doth behold the upright = An upright one shall gaze upon His face. One of the emendations of the Sopherim. See App-33, and note on Exodus 34:20.

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